Clement Rodney Hampton-El, also known as Abdul Rashid Abdullah or Dr. Rashid, had been a member of the
Moorish Science Temple of America and was convicted in the
New York City landmark bomb plot. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his involvement.
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Hampton-El was born in the United States in 1938. He lived in an apartment in the
Midwood section of
Brooklyn
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for 25 years. His neighbors described him as quiet, but nice - he used to buy candy for the neighborhood children. He worked as a
laboratory
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technician
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in a Brooklyn hospital.
Hampton-El died in prison on June 30, 2014.
References
External links
Legal case profile: USA v. Omar Ahmad Ali Abdel-Rahman et al.: 93-CR-181-KTD ''MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base''
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1938 births
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American Islamists
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People from Midwood, Brooklyn
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